re: Football Recruiting Thread (2017 Cycle): Signing Day Updated!

We saw all of these guys ... looked like they were having a good time. They were there off to the side for the Gamecock Walk. Then again they brought them out to the tunnel for the entrance.

After the game quite a few of them were still together down around the player entrance laughing and having a good time. XLete (x-leet) sticks out among all of them and I can tell you now, without going into too much detail, that he is a magnetic individual, a leader and he is without a doubt helping us to recruit. He's gonna be our next big legendary Gamecock. Something very special about that young man and not wanting to jinx it - but he's got Gamecock in his blood.

You know a leader when you see one, hear one, talk to one. He's polite, intelligent, confident and he looks you straight in the eye when he is speaking with you. He's got a plan and he's executing that plan - the kid is mature for his age.

We just need to make sure to do our part. Keep showing improvement, keep in contact with him and make sure we never take his loyalty to us for granted, keep building that relationship ... he's going to be a major player for us before we know it.

White looked like a kid in a candy store. He seemed really happy - he was all smiles. Thomas and he appear to have really struck-up a friendship already. Are they in the same class?

And then there was Jamyest Williams ... he's got the it factor too with his presence among the other guys. There were other prospects who were sort of gravitating around him ... and he was the smallest of the bunch but man that kid is in shape. He's very polite too.

Also, we were engaged by some of the parents just asking questions. Good bunch of people ... proud parents and friends. We kept telling them that the environment is actually much better for conference games and to not think that "this" was as good as it gets. They all seemed to have had a really good time and all of them that we spoke with expressed how impressed they are with our staff and their approach to the recruiting stuff.

BTW ... that packet thing. We can thank Jesse Jackson for that - she's the key to everything. She's the motor/coordinator behind the scenes and not only is she a professional, but all of these prospects love her. She's got the whole big sister thing going on but it's more than that. She's really a magnetic dynamic part of our system.

Oh, and to a man, everyone was impressed with our facilities. Plus they were all fully briefed on the new football complex that will be up and running for most, if not all (for some of them) of their careers here.